Preparing for the twins... anyone have a bus we can drive?

We spent our Saturday morning at a second-hand sale run by the Paris 'Twins & More' (Jumeaux et plus) organization.  Several hundred euros later, we are now the proud owners of a double stroller (into which we can clip either two infant car seats or two stroller seats), another Baby Bjorn bouncy seat (a pair to the one we already had), and a few more sets of newborn clothing (since the twins will likely be quite small at birth).  Pushing the double stroller is not at all the same as a single - it is like driving a lorry/truck instead of a hatchback. 

The good news: at least we saved a lot of money vs. buying new stuff.  The bad news: we are going to need a bus to get anywhere in the future!!  Just fitting all this stuff into our big estate car / station wagon was tough enough.  Suffice to say that by the time we squeeze 3 carseats across the back seat, put the large double stroller base + Samuel's stroller into the boot, there won't really be much room left.  So... confirmation (if we even needed it) that for the next few years we are going to be shut-ins.  Be warned... we will enjoy visitors (particularly those that help babysit!!)... but we aren't going to be going anywhere!

A few weeks ago we went to another second-hand sale, this one run by an excellent, large anglophone mother's organization in Paris (MESSAGE).  Between that and our local town-wide yard sale we have also picked up another crib, changing table and a few other things.  It's been interesting though to see the cultural differences at the events.  The French twins' association affair was relatively small and restrained - even half an hour after it opened there were still not many people there.  The clothes were cute, French, and so often very nice / pretty / smart vs the often more functional anglosaxon clothing.  In contrast, the MESSAGE event had a crush of people waiting to get in well before it opened and was a complete free for all once it did.  Clothes were often from anglosaxon countries and cheaper.  The great thing is that with all of these events, we can get most things we need second-hand - and can sell on what we no longer need also.